A standard GUI app would require the (dozens of) warehouse operators to use the "stylus" heavily. Today they use it only to start the PUTTY app (that opens a saved SSH session) and yet they manage to often damage the screen (!). Also, with a console app that runs via SSH we can easily run it from desktop PC (no need to recompile, just open the SSH). Some processes do not require high mobility and a PC + barcode scanner is way cheaper than MC-3090 handhelds.<br>
<br>We run it in 40x17 mode in the 3-inch small screens. The operators usually type 2-digit numbers in the menu to access the features. They call them "screens", like "run screen 52 for branch 17". After that they usually walk/drive around the warehouse, read barcodes and move boxes. Here's a screenshot:<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/8/11 Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:felipemonteiro.carvalho@gmail.com">felipemonteiro.carvalho@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I find the choice of going for a console app quite curious. Wouldn't<br>
it be easier to write a standard GUI app using the LCL?<br>
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<font color="#888888">Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Atenciosamente,<br>Alexsander da Rosa<br><a href="http://rednaxel.com" target="_blank">http://rednaxel.com</a><br>